Charles Lamb Quotes

How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself!

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow, and the men who lend.

Who first invented work, and bound the free and holiday-rejoicing spirit down?

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.

Credulity is the man’s weakness, but the child’s strength.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

If dirt was trumps, what hands you would hold!